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Celtic met Enniskerry FC in their 3rd round clash in the FAI Junior Cup. Celtic had accounted for Clondalkin Celtic in the previous round and were quietly confident going into this fixture. Enniskerry, who are top of the Major Division of the Leinster Senior League, looked the more likely to open the scoring in the opening quarter, but it was Celtic who against the run of play broke the deadlock halfway through the first half when Jamie Traynor, who came out of the club’s schoolboy ranks, seized on an opportunity and shot home from close range. They could have gone further ahead after Mattie McEntee’s cross from the left eluded the onrushing Celtic strikers. Celtic went in at the break 1-0 to the good.
The second half saw Celtic go 2-0 ahead with a penalty converted by Sean Conroy, and Celtic seemed to be cruising. Enniskerry upped their game and midway through the half they reduced the margin, and within 5 minutes, they were level. The game swung from end to end for the remainder of regulation time, but the whistle blew on 90 minutes to put the game into extra time.
It was the tall midfielder John Byrne who put Celtic into the 4th round with the winning goal in extra time.
